Option to delete files which are part of a torrent #11839

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opened 2026-02-21 22:00:17 -05:00 by deekerman · 1 comment

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2026-02-21 22:00:17 -05:00

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Originally created by @joshlk on GitHub (Mar 11, 2021).

When downloading a torrent which contains many files, it is sometimes convenient to download some of the files of the torrent, use them and delete them and download more - to save on disk space. The problem about this pattern is that you can't delete individual files using qBittorrent and so you do it by using the Finder or Windows explorer. qBittorrent then errors due to the files being missing and you have to do a force recheck of the whole torrent which takes time.

Other torrent clients such as uTorrent allow you to delete files from the UI so that you don't need to do a force recheck after doing so. It would be great if you could do this too in qBittorrent.

Originally created by @joshlk on GitHub (Mar 11, 2021). When downloading a torrent which contains many files, it is sometimes convenient to download some of the files of the torrent, use them and delete them and download more - to save on disk space. The problem about this pattern is that you can't delete individual files using qBittorrent and so you do it by using the Finder or Windows explorer. qBittorrent then errors due to the files being missing and you have to do a force recheck of the whole torrent which takes time. Other torrent clients such as uTorrent allow you to delete files from the UI so that you don't need to do a force recheck after doing so. It would be great if you could do this too in qBittorrent.